READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT! Now to get to the point I am going to Suggest, I will add the meaning of Fascism, then we can talk it through and ask the question “Are we all in the UK Living in almost Fascism state?” I think it’s a valid question when we understand totally what fascism is and means and does, and of course how it works or doesn’t work. As always I will link to other sources who are asking what I am or just thinking out loud like I am

Fascism:

Fascism (/fæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. Influenced by national syndicalism, fascism originated in Italy during World War I, in opposition to liberalism, Marxism, anarchism and traditional conservatism. Fascism is often placed on the far-right within the traditional left–right spectrum, but some academics call that description inadequate. Fascists identify World War I as a revolution. It brought revolutionary changes in the nature of war, society, the state, and technology. The advent of total war and total mass mobilization of society had broken down the distinction between civilian and combatant. A “military citizenship” arose in which all citizens were involved with the military in some manner during the war. The war had resulted in the rise of a powerful state capable of mobilizing millions of people to serve on the front lines or provide economic production and logistics to support those on the front lines, as well as having unprecedented authority to intervene in the lives of citizens. Fascists view World War I as having made liberal democracy obsolete, and regard total mobilization of society under a totalitarian single-party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict. To respond effectively to economic difficulties, such a totalitarian state is led by a strong leader — such as a dictator and a martial government composed of the members of the governing fascist party — to forge national unity and maintain a stable and orderly society. Fascism rejects assertions of violence automatically being negative in nature and views political violence, war, and imperialism as means that can achieve national rejuvenation.

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Fasces:

British Union’s original flag, a fasces imposed over a blue disc

Fasces (/ˈfæsiːz/, Latin pronunciation: [ˈfas.keːs], a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning “bundle”)[1] is a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade emerging. The fasces had its origin in the Etruscan civilization, and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a magistrate’s power and jurisdiction. The image has survived in the modern world as a representation of magisterial or collective power. The fasces frequently occurs as a charge in heraldry, it is present on an older design of the United States ten cent coin and behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives, it is used as the symbol of a number of Italian syndicalist groups, including the Unione Sindacale Italiana, and it was the origin of the name of the National Fascist Party in Italy (from which the term fascism is derived).

So when we analyze the meaning it becomes clear there are remnants of Fascism on show should we look. We can’t confuse Fascism with Nazism because I know many will and do. The USA in my opinion is further up the Fascism road than any 1st World Country that claims democracy rings free. But if it is alive in Britain today be it Northern Ireland, England, Wales or Scotland, what can we do about it? When we read about Fascism we know that when Politics meet commerce then dictates political law, we live, perhaps? in almost Fascist surroundings. I am just hypothesizing here of course. If anyone replies with ‘Stupid, I will call them out for reacting without reading. When David Cameron and Ed ran for political office they were donated money through commerce, oil and banking giant’s, so it leads to the question “When if office do they look out for the people who paid for them to be in power, or do they look out for it’s people” We all know the Tory party today lack any remorse for the well being of it’s people, they take our money and use it for their own selfish needs. One point to note is when we bailed the criminals in banking out, Iceland jailed it’s wrong doing bankers, so Iceland is democratic? Would that be a fair comment? If so, where does this leave hungry Britain? We can’t deny the ruling class in the UK sip the fine wine while the vast majority of the people taste ground water. What do you think?

These people donate to political parties so when in office, the person they backed looks after them

It is very obvious when we just skim through this list to see donations were made so when help is needed GOVERNMENT would and will and DO help! This is Fascism folks, no if’s or maybe’s. My understanding of Fascism is this. If I am wrong, then blame my M.E 😀 (Joking, all me this one)

Industry

Name

Donor amount

Pub retailer and brewer

Rooney Anand

Chief executive of brewery and pub group Greene KingGreene King is embroiled in a long-running legal battle to prove the legality of a controversial tax avoidance scheme.

Leisure and tourism (hotels)

Surinder Arora

Multi-millionaire founder and chief executive of Arora HotelsMember of the New Enterprise Council, set up in 2007 by then shadow chancellor George Osborne to advise the Conservative party on business matters.

Retailer (jewellery)

John Ayton

Co-founder of luxury jewellery brands Links of London and Annoushka JewelleryAmbassador for Team 2012, the campaign to support British athletes in the London Olympics.

Retailer (furniture)

Richard Baker

Chairman of furniture chain DFS and a former chief operating officer of Asda Stores and chief executive of Boots Group.

Online retailer

Alex Baldock

Former banker and chief executive of online retailer Shop Direct.

£1,200

Engineering (construction machinery)

Lord Bamford

JCB chairman and Conservative life peer.

£3,786,249Lord Bamford has donated £86,249 as an individual but JCB has donated £3.7m since 2001

Leisure and tourism (hotels, spas)

Duncan Bannatyne

Appears on Dragons’ Den and has business interests in health clubs and hotelsHas previously expressed support for Labour party.

Clothing retailer

Robert Bensoussan

Chief executive of upmarket clothing retailer LK Bennett.

Drinks (beer producer)

Lord Bilimoria

Founder of Cobra beer.

£9,256£9,256 in non-cash donations from Cobra

Product development

Charlie Bradshaw

Managing director of product development firm Matrix APA.

Sport

Baroness Brady

Vice chairman of West Ham FC, appears on The ApprenticeConservative life peer, Tory small business ambassador.

Chief executive of bollard manufacturer ATG AccessAppointed by David Cameron in 2013 to work on an EU regulation review to advise the government.

Leisure and tourism (hotels)

Andrew Coppel

Chief executive of hotels and and leisure business De Vere.

Transport, food, retail, gambling

Gerald Corbett

Former chief executive of Railtrack and former chairman of Woolworths.

Insurance/financial sector

Peter Cullum

Executive chairman of insurance firm Towergate Partnership, founder of Towergate Underwriting GroupTowergate Underwriting Group, founded by Cullum in 1997, is listed as a ‘regulated donee’ on the Electoral Commission website, donating £15,000 to Conservative/Unionist members of the 1922 committee.

£15,000

Automotive

Ron Dennis

Chairman of automotive group McLaren and Formula One principalAn official British business ambassador.

£151,200Since 2005

Oil and gas

Bob Dudley

BP chief executiveAmerican citizen.

Communications and retail

Sir Charles Dunstone

Chairman and co-founder of Carphone Warehouse.

£5,000

Engineering (construction machinery)

John Elliott

Chairman and founder of dehumidifier manufacturer Ebac.

Private equity

Mark Esiri

Founder of Venrex private investment firmClose friend of David and Samantha Cameron. Helped to coordinate the sale of Smythson in 2005, which resulted in £430,000 payout to Samantha for her shares.

Pub retailer and brewer

Ralph Findlay

Chief executive of pub group Marston’s.

Gambling

Richard Glynn

Chief executive of bookmakers Ladbrokes.

Retailer and sport

Ben Gordon

Former Mothercare chief executive and now senior partner at Powerleague, a five-a-side football group.

£9,000

Retailer

Julian Granville

Chief executive of online and catalogue retailer Boden.

£9,000Between 2009 and 2012

Media

Peter Grauer

Chairman of media group BloombergAmerican citizen.

£240,000Bloomberg tradebook Europe has donated more than £240,000

Support services

Philip Green

Chairman of Carillion, the construction services and facilities management groupA large chunk of Carillion’s business is in public sector contracts.

£260,000Westfield Shoppingtowns, a UK subsidiary of Westfield Group, has made a number of donations to the Conservative party totalling more than £260,000

Retail

Wendy Hallett

Set up Hallett Retail Services after 13 years at Philip Green’s Arcadia group.

Hotels

Andy Harrison

Chief executive of hotel and coffee shop group Whitbread. Paid £6.4m last year.

Oil

Aidan Heavey

Founder of Tullow Oil, an oil and gas exploration companyBritish ministers including the then Foreign Secretary William Hague “lobbied strongly” on behalf of Tullow Oil after it became involved in a tax dispute in Uganda. At the time, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “It is part of the government’s duty to support British business and British citizens abroad. This case is no different from any other case in which a British company seeks assistance through a UK embassy.”.

£61,000Has donated £61,000 to the Conservatives, some through his local constituency Surrey Heath

Banking

Oliver Hemsley

Founder and chief executive of investment banking firm Numis.

£80,000£75,000 to the Conservatives, £5,000 to Boris Johnson

Insurance

Joe Henderson

Chief executive, Henderson Insurance Brokers.

Banking

Vernon Hill

American businessman, founder and chairman, Metro bank.

Retail

Anya Hindmarch

Shoe designer, made a business ambassador in 2011.

Retail

Brent Hoberman

Co-founder of travel company lastminute.com. Now runs online furniture and design company mydeco.comNon-executive director of Guardian Media Group.

Manufacturing

Cassie Hutchings

Chief executive of GCH Capital, which runs manufacturing and distribution businessesCassie’s father, Greg “Four Jets” Hutchings, is chairman of GCH and a Tory donor. He resigned from the engineering group Tomkins in 2000 in the wake of allegations over his use of corporate jets, helicopter, and a property.

£65,000Through GCH Captial

Property

George Iacobescu

Chairman and CEO of Canary Wharf Group plcCanary Wharf Group has donated £135,200 to the Tories, £40,000 to Labour and £14,000 to the Lib Dems since the last election. Iacobescu was knighted in 2011.

£8,000£8,000

Hospitality

Alan Jackson

Non-exec chairman of The Restaurant Group and of Playtech, which makes online betting software.

Finance

Peter Jackson

CEO of Travelex until February 2015.

Online retail

Nick Jenkins

Founder of moonpig.com.

£156,000

Private equity

Luke Johnson

Chairman of Risk Capital PartnersJohnson previously added his name to a 2010 list of business leaders writing in support of the Conservative party. He previously complained about the 2010 increase in capital gains tax.

Film

Ben Latham Jones

Director at Ealing Studios.

Kitchenware

Richard Joseph

Cofounder of Joseph Joseph kitchenware company.

Retail

Nadir Lalani

Founder of 99p StoresPoundland announced it planned to acquire 99p stores in February 2015 in a £55m cash and shares deal.

Property

Nick Leslau

Property entrepreneur and boss of PrestburyOwner of Alton Towers.

£24,500Donated £12,500 to William Hague in 2009, £2,000 to Michael Gove in 2011 and £10,000 to the Conservative party in 2012

Finance

Rhydian Lewis

Chief executive of peer-to-peer lending platform Ratesetter.

Hospitality

James Lipscombe

Managing director of the Chesterford group of companies.

Retail

Derek Lovelock

Interim chief executive at Mamas and Papas and former chairman of Aurora Fashions.

Electronics

Ron Mackintosh

Chairman of electronics manufacturer CSR plc.

Entertainment

Sir Cameron Mackintosh

Theatre producer.

£55,000£10,000 to Conservative party in 2001, £10,000 to Boris Johnson in 2008, £10,000 to Conservative party in 2012, and £25,000 to David Warburton, Tory candidate for Somerton and Frome, in 2014

Events/hospitality

Edward Mellors

Director of events company Mellors Group.

Food/retail

Tom Molnar

Founder of Gail’s Artisan Bakery.

Construction

John Morgan

CEO of Morgan Sindall construction firmMorgan Ashurst and Morgan Est, which later merged to form Morgan Sindall, were named in the Scottish affairs committee’s 2013 report as construction companies that were members of blacklisting firm the Consulting Association. Morgan Est said it had “inherited” the Consulting Association’s services when it bought another firm and it had subsequently “terminated” them.

Online retail

Matt Moulding

CEO of online retailer the Hut GroupIn 2012 the Guardian reported that Hut was shipping products from the US to circumvent VAT regulations.

Chief executive of Prudential, soon to head Credit SuisseAdvisor to David Cameron on business. Holds Ivorian and British citizenship.

Branding

Sarah Thomson

Founder and CEO, Addictive Points.

Leisure and Hospitality (pubs)

Simon Townsend

CEO of Enterprise Inns.

Leisure and Hospitality (Brewing)

Michael Turner

Chairman of Fullers, Smith & Turner.

Financial Services

Steve Varley

Head of EY UK, one of Britain’s biggest accounting firmsEY advises US clients, including Google and Apple, on tax avoidance schemes.

Food

Moni Varma

MD and chairman of Veetee Rice.

£8,000Through company

Film

Matthew Vaughn

Film producer, owner of Marv FilmsHas served on the committee of Tory fundraising ball. Dined at Chequers with model Claudia Schiffer, according to a Press Association freedom of information request.

Leisure/Property

Ollie Vigors

Managing director of Longshot Kids, leisure and property company.

Retail

Malcolm Walker

Founder of IcelandIn 2012, Walker initially refused to pay a £2.5m tax bill for a staff trip to Disney World in Florida, accusing the government of a “tax on fun”. Walker later said he had settled that bill with the Inland Revenue, which he said had made concessions “and we’re very happy with the outcome”.

£10,000

Wholesaler

Robert Walker

Chairman of Travis Perkins.

Food

Paul Walsh

Chairman of Compass Group, formerly CEO of DiageoFormer member of David Cameron’s business advisory group. While Walsh headed up Diageo, despite average annual profits of almost £2bn, its accounts disclosed £43m a year (little more than 2% of its profits) in average UK corporation tax charges. Diageo has said that it moved a number of its brands to the Netherlands in 1998 and its operations have been “thoroughly reviewed” by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Walsh has criticised tax laws that he says allows others not to pay their fair share.

Construction

James Wates

Chairman of Wates construction companyAwarded a CBE in 2012.

£375,000Through company

Food

George Weston

CEO of Associated British Foods & director of Wittington InvestmentsA subsidiary of ABF has been accused of tax avoidance in Zambia where ActionAid claimed it had made $123m in profits between 2007-13 and paid “virtually no corporate tax”. ABF said that its Zambian unit “denies emphatically that it is engaged in anything illegal, immoral or in any way designed to reduce the tax rightly payable to the Zambian government.”.

£900,000Wittington made £900,000 of donations to the Tories between 1993 and 2005. Trustees of the Garfield Weston Foundation, which owns most of Wittington, were reprimanded by the Charity Commission in 2010 for not considering whether the political donations were in the best interests of the charity. George Weston is one of the trustees.

Founder of Charles Tyrwhitt shirtsInvested in the same Icebreaker tax avoidance scheme as Gary Barlow. Wheeler said: “In accordance with the relevant tax laws, I have paid tax on my share … and claimed tax relief on any trading issues.”.

Scotland has flexed it’s muscled here big time, through London stopping this through Israeli means, before a newer devolved Scotland now has the power to allow Palestine act’s into our amazing Fringe Festival<Click) The power the 80% of Countries who want to recognise Palestine now is huge, Palestine is bring stopped from being recognised in order for her to be her own Country by Israel, USA and England in the main. I won’t bore you with Country breakdown’s but here is who supports Palestine in our World<Click) Shame on you Countries on that list who abstained or said NO! How dare you! Well I am just happy to live in a Country that can now stand in solidarity with the stood upon! Why, because right now, as I type, London is TRYING to oppress Scotland. They will fail and by 2020 Scotland WILL 100% be a free Country, BUT! Palestine will be free 1st, now who on Earth wants to stop this progress? Well these ones! How dare you! 80% of Humanity just want to recognise Palestine! 1 Book stops them. How dare you!

It was one of the biggest controversies of last year’s Fringe festival. When it emerged an Israeli theatre company had received funding from its government to stage its show in Scotland there was outcry from those opposed to the country’s policies in the Middle-East.

Now a fund-raising campaign founded by the playwright David Greig that arose out of the storm of protest has unveiled a line up of Palestinian artists paid for by £10,000 in public donations.

Greig set up the crowd funding campaign to provide financial aid for shows and artists, notably from Palestine, who otherwise find it hard to come to the Edinburgh festivals. The initiative, called Welcome to the Fringe, has now unveiled a list of 12 artists supported by the campaign and events at two venues during this year’s festival.

Greig was instrumental in setting up the initiative following the controversy that in 2014 engulfed a show called The City by Incubator Theatre. The company was partially funded by Israel’s Ministry of Culture and a series of cultural figures signed a letter urging the Underbelly venue to reconsider staging the show.

Following a furore and an inability to find a new venue, eventually the show was cancelled.

In the aftermath Greig established the funding initiative “to do something positive” and to aid Palestinian – and other – artists.

The project has been developed through a collaboration between Forest Fringe, London’s Gate Theatre and the Greig, with support from the AM Qattan Foundation and the British Council.

The show resulting from this campaign is Welcome To The Fringe: Palestine, an all-day program of performance at the Forest Fringe on August 23. The playwright said he and the venues involved would now like to make the Welcome to the Fringe Fund a permanent fixture for the festival.

Greig said: “Forest Fringe, Northern Stage, The Gate and I all feel that the Welcome to the Fringe model could work for artists from other countries and groups who can’t share so easily in the Fringe’s open access – Syria? Uganda? Ukraine? “And so we would like to build on the funding success last year by developing a permanent Welcome To The Fringe Fund.”

The artists coming to the Fringe include storyteller, Fidaa Ataa; poet Alice Youssef; stand up comedian Ayman Nahas, two performance artists Farah Saleh and Yazan Eweidat, The Al Shaghaf music group and The Al Harah Theatre company. The centrepiece of the days events will be a performance of a newly devised play called Shakespeare’s Sisters by Al Harah. The performers will be in Edinburgh for a week and will be “buddied” with local fringe performers and on Sunday 23rd they will all perform at Forest Fringe.

Welcome to the Fringe will also show short films, an exhibition of photography from Palestine, and panel discussions. Some of the artists will perform at Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival in Doune. The other event is an evening cabaret show: Here Is The New From Over There by Northern Stage at Summerhall.

In this show Lorne Campbell and Northern Stage will be working with a mixed company of Arab and UK musician actors to make a show based on 25 specially commissioned Twitter feeds from 25 writers from Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and Israel. These twitter scripts will be merged with music, video and Traditional Arab storytelling techniques and Facebook feeds from the region to make an “alternative news tapestry, a nightly news show with a difference.”

Last year Greig explained some of his thinking behind the funding campaign.

He said: “It dispirits me knowing that my Palestinian theatre making friends are unable to come here and, it dispirits me to think that Israeli theatre makers who are brave enough to reject their government’s sponsorship, might be unable to come here as well. “In the light of all this, I felt the need to do something positive.”

Greig added: “Palestinian voices must be heard on their own terms. Palestinian theatre makers are massively disadvantaged. “It’s important that, in establishing this fund, we are careful to make sure its disbursement recognises this.”

Yes campaigners demonstrate outside the BBC building in Glasgow ahead of the Scottish referendum.

I am happy this has been flagged as news but for me the damage has been done and the key players will still get paid. It is fair to say that the BBC were a HUGE part in the over 55’s voting ‘No. Every other age group below 54 years old voted ‘Yes. The BBC had issues all the way through the lead up the the Referendum with Kevin Bridges adding this. ‘Kevin Bridges admits to BBC lies, 100%’ <Click) All Kevin did was say out loud what we all suspected. My hands are in bits and speech recognition can do only so much, so I leave this story here ‘as is’ for now. The BBC seem, allegedly to be the mouth piece for Westminster, that is no Democratic so lets see where this story goes if it goes anywhere!

The BBC should review its approach to the coverage of “controversial political issues” in Scotland in the wake of last year’s referendum, according to an audience panel. In the corporation’s annual review, the Audience Council Scotland said some network programmes had appeared to adopt what was described as an “Anglified perspective” during the independence debate and focused too much on the official campaigns “at the expense of the wider civic and community engagement”.

The council, which advises the BBC Trust, said BBC Scotland should be given greater authority and resources to commission programmes for Scottish audiences and review its approach to the coverage of controversial political issues “to ensure that perceptions of impartiality remain strong across all audiences”.

Analysis from audience councils and focus groups found 48% of people in Scotland think the BBC is good at representing their life in news and current affairs content, compared with 61% in England, 61% in Northern Ireland and 55% in Wales.

The BBC annual review read: “The BBC has a key role to play in ensuring it represents the nations in news, drama and entertainment, and our research shows that over half feel that the BBC represents their nation or region in its content, and supports minority languages. “Nonetheless there is still some way to go, particularly in Scotland. People are accessing content using a variety of platforms where only around 50% of the audience feel that their nation is effectively represented.”

The Audience Council Scotland praised a series of documentaries on the referendum and the online resources available, but added: “Members questioned whether, overall, the coverage had captured the popular nature of the campaign and the increased role of social media.

“The council also felt that BBC network programmes, overall, did not engage with the issues until too late a stage, and that some had been less well informed, and that this diluted the value of the coverage at both Scottish and UK levels. “There was some audience perception that network correspondents were increasingly used in place of BBC Scotland correspondents in the final weeks of the campaign. “Some council members believed BBC coverage had focused too much on the official campaigns, at the expense of the wider civic and community engagement; and that certain network programmes had appeared to adopt what was described as an ‘Anglified’ perspective.”

The annual review also shows that the referendum and the Commonwealth Games helped the BBC reach record audiences in Scotland last year. The live debate between the SNP’s Alex Salmond and Better Together’s Alistair Darling in Glasgow was watched by 860,000 viewers in Scotland, a third of the TV audience in the country and the highest ever for a political debate in Scotland. Coverage of Glasgow 2014 reached 3.6 million people – 78% of the audience in Scotland – with the opening ceremony alone attracting a peak of 1.8 million Scottish viewers and 9.3 million across the UK.

Audiences for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games were the third and fourth highest in Scotland since 2002, beaten only by the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics. Around 4.7 million people used the BBC Scotland News website last year, with a record number of unique users – 13.2 million – visiting the site in the week of the referendum vote. BBC trustee for Scotland Bill Matthews said: “Last year the BBC had its busiest year in Scotland with some truly memorable, high quality programmes.

“Events such as the Commonwealth Games and the independence referendum brought viewers from around the globe to Scotland, and the BBC covered these events for UK and international audiences with great professionalism. “Noting that BBC television reached a greater proportion of the audience in Scotland than it did across the UK as a whole, Audience Council Scotland still feels that more should be done in BBC output to reflect the unique cultural and political landscape of Scotland to audiences both in Scotland and across the UK.”

A spokeswoman for the BBC said: “As we have stated previously, we stand by our coverage of the referendum which was fair and impartial. “No complaints about impartiality were upheld by the BBC Trust and there were no complaints of bias from the leaders of the opposing Better Together and Yes campaigns.”

The former Scottish secretary has been forced to admit he was behind a controversial leaked memo about Nicola Sturgeon during the general election campaign. Alistair Carmichael had backed the leaking of the report, which claimed that the First Minister had said she wanted David Cameron to remain as Prime Minister. The memo reported the comment had been made in conversation between Ms Sturgeon and the French Ambassador. Ms Sturgeon said called for the Liberal Democrat to consider if he should remain as an MP, saying he had “contested the election on false pretenses.”

A Cabinet Office inquiry found that he had been consulted on the move by special adviser Euan Roddin, and had agreed the document should be released to the media. The report stated that Mr Roddin had provided a copy of the memo to a Daily Telegraph journalist on April 1, 2015, and “discussed the memo with the journalist on a number of occasions”. Mr Carmichael accepted “he could and should have stopped the sharing of the memo and accordingly accepts responsibility for what occurred”, according to the cabinet office findings.

In a letter to Ms Sturgeon, the Liberal Democrat MP said he took “full responsibility for the publication of the document”. “I accept that its publication was a serious breach of protocol and that the details of that account are not correct. I am clear that this was an error of judgement on my part and wish to offer you my sincerest apologies for the embarrassment caused to you and the French ambassador.”

It was claimed the conversation took place between Ms Sturgeon and French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann. A spokesman for Ms Bermann had said in a statement: “While the ambassador and First Minister, some time ago, discussed the political situation, Ms Sturgeon did not touch on her personal political preferences with regards to the future prime minister.” At the time, Mr Carmichael claimed in a Channel 4 interview that the first time he had been made aware of the memo was when a journalist contacted him about the story.

Mr Carmichael is the last remaining Liberal Democrat MP remaining in Scotland, after saving his Orkney and Shetland seat in the May election. The First Minister said: “Alistair Carmichael has written to me accepting that the account of my conversation with the French Ambassador was not correct, and apologising for what was a blatant election dirty trick in having it leaked.

“I accept his apology, but the real issue is that he should be apologising to the people of Orkney and Shetland, because he clearly contested the election on false pretences. “Mr Carmichael said at the time that the first he was aware of this matter was when he received a call from a journalist, but we now know that this is simply untrue. The false memo was leaked by a special adviser acting under the authority of Mr Carmichael. He knew all about it, but said in public that he knew nothing until a journalist phoned him. “As well as the original dirty trick, which was bad enough, Mr Carmichael then tried to cover it up – and is only admitting it now because he got caught.

“He needs to seriously reflect on that – and reflect on whether his actions and attempt to cover them up are consistent with his position as an honourable member of the House of Commons.” A spokesman for French Ambassador Ms Bermann said she would not be making any comment. Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood ordered an inquiry into how the note got into the public domain.

The investigation into the source of the leak looked at official phone records, emails and print logs, before interviewing those who had access to the document. The Cabinet Office said the investigation team “concluded that Mr Roddin, with the assent of Mr Carmichael in the circumstances described above, was the direct source of the Daily Telegraph story”. The Cabinet Office has also confirmed that Carmichael and Mr Roddin will not take their severance pay after leaving the role.

Mr Carmichael apologised to both Ms Sturgeon and the French ambassador, saying : “I should not have agreed this. It was an error of judgement which I regret. He added: “Had I still been a government minister, I would have considered this to be a matter that required my resignation. I have therefore informed the cabinet secretary that I will decline my ministerial severance payment.”

Tomorrow Scotland has a 2nd chance not to free ourselves from the British Union, but to become an integral part of the inner working of Westminster. We were told before the Referendum “Do not leave us Scotland, LEAD us Scotland” Now we try and we are almost terrorists in some media. I am proud to be Scottish, I am proud we are the cleverest most innovative nation on EARTH. We lost last year but this year we seen the lies, we called the media very early on their lies, we told Politicians we would not listen to their lies. The polls are pointing hard to Scotland winning all 59 seats in Westminster, breaking the record of 6 we have today. We could have a clean sweep in Scotland by making the entire political map yellow. Many say “Feet on the ground, they are only polls” and they are of course correct. But Scotland we stood back up, we didn’t go and hide from the truth, we didn’t put our fingers in our ears, we didn’t go away, we didn’t go away!! We stood up, we shouted, we talked, we debated and informed each other.

People who voted no are now voting SNP in record numbers. We must look at the Membership of the SNP from before the Referendum to now. Prior to the referendum the party had 25,642 members, soon after that had increased to 52,034, as I type this on 6th May 2015 the SNP have well over 100,000 members. Scotland is a place I am glad I live, I am thankful I live in the most progressive nation on Earth. Scotland we created most things on this Earth from the TV to the Telephone to Radio, radar and sonar and a million other things. All the main parts to make the Internet possible were made by Scottish people. Scotland is a clever nation, we don’t fool easy, we ask why, we demand the truth and we take to the streets in record numbers when we feel we need to. Below, I have shared this before, but this is an Englishman. An Englishman who understand’s CLEARLY what Scotland are doing right now. He is in AWE of us Scotland. He is a good lad and always says what is real. Tomorrow Scotland we can be fools again or we can lead, become more still.

Decide well Scotland because our future is looking back to 2014 already, don’t let our future see it happen twice